A5200 crash in Camden on 31 December 1981 at 02:10 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A5200 in Camden at 02:10 on Thursday 31 December 1981. The 38-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1981; Thursday, 02:10
Vehicles: 2; Car and van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LVCCC28
Council area: Camden
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 5200
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 198101LVCCC28 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 1981.